Jussi Jokinen

Whether it be a surprising coaching change, injuries to their top forwards or a grueling schedule, the Florida Panthers have shown that there is no quit in them.

Despite losing five of six games on their 11-day road trip, the Panthers salvaged a respectable five of 12 points, thanks to back-to-back, third-period comebacks against quality opponents that ended in overtime losses to Boston and Philadelphia.

Neither general manager and interim coach Tom Rowe nor his players have any interest in looking in the rear-view mirror, especially with 10 of their next 14 games at home. They also realize that they’re 12-11-4 and just three points out of a postseason berth with...

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Whether it be a surprising coaching change, injuries to their top forwards or a grueling schedule, the Florida Panthers have shown that there is no quit in them.
Despite losing five of six games on their 11-day road trip, the Panthers salvaged a...

The road-weary Panthers came into the City of Brotherly Love hobbled, surly and still a target of NHL-wide criticism after the owner fired their coach by phone at the start of this season-long six-game, 12-day odyssey.
They had already lost their...

It wasn't quite the homecoming that recently anointed coach Tom Rowe and several of his players with Boston roots were looking for.
But it could've been worse.
The Panthers trailed three times and three times they battled back, including with 1:29...

Panthers new coach Tom Rowe tweaked the lineup in his first game and despite the 2-1 shootout loss in Chicago, he was pleased with his newly revamped four lines.
Rowe reunited Jon Marchessault with Jaromir Jagr and Aleksander Barkov which...

The Florida Panthers fired Gerard Gallant because of inconsistent play and a philosophical divide between the coach and front office, team officials said Monday.
The Panthers officially announced Monday morning that general manager Tom Rowe was...

To those hockey mathematicians who believe that teams not in playoff position by Thanksgiving won't reach the Stanley Cup playoffs in April, Florida Panthers coach Gerard Gallant doesn't want to hear any of it.Sure, Panthers fans may be spoiled, coming...

At 6-foot-8 on skates, it's impossible to miss Florida Panthers forward Nick Bjugstad on the ice.
That said, the 10-8-1 Panthers have certainly missed the mountain of a man, who made his long-awaited season debut Tuesday against the visiting...

Who said the Florida Panthers lack a top line and that 44-year-old Jaromir Jagr is finally slowing down?Panthers coach Gerard Gallant added a flu-weakened Jussi Jokinen to the slumping duo of Jagr and Aleksander Barkov and just like that the ageless...

The Florida Panthers did everything in their power to defeat the Ottawa Senators and starting goalie Craig Anderson on Saturday night at the Canadian Tire Centre, but even they are inspired by what the veteran netminder is going through.
Anderson, 35,...

Although Thursday's gruesome 6-1 loss to the Maple Leafs could mostly be pinned on turnovers and goaltending, diminished offensive production from top-line forwards Aleksander Barkov and Jaromir Jagr can't be overlooked.
Certainly, the sieve-like...

The arrival of new players always brings hope for their career objectives as well as for elevating the team.
Just ask newest Panthers forward Seth Griffith how fleeting that possibility can be.
When the Panthers visited Toronto on Oct. 27, Griffith...

The Florida Panthers are an angry team right now. Angry at themselves for collectively blowing leads, as they did again in Thursday's 4-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks.And there are angry individuals, such as All-Star defenseman Aaron Ekblad. He's peeved...

SUNRISE —
One of the major reasons for the Florida Panthers' franchise-best regular season last year was their parental-like protection of leads.
Not this season.
Despite getting two rare goals within a 2:17 span of the first period from defenseman...

It’s hard to miss Panthers newly arrived defenseman Dylan McIlrath on or off the ice.
At 6-foot-5 or 6-7 in skates, McIlrath towers over his teammates and just about every player in the NHL not named Zdeno Chara.
McIlrath, 24, was acquired Tuesday...

A much-needed change of scenery for Dylan McIlrath will bring a different look to a Florida Panthers defensive corps still adapting to an offseason overhaul.
Curiously, the former 10th overall draft pick (2010), known as a big-body bruiser, was deemed...

Barring any unforseen setbacks the Florida Panthers will get back one of their injured players for Thursday's home game against the San Jose Sharks when second-line forward Jussi Jokinen restarts his season.
Jokinen has missed the last nine games with a...

It seemed fitting that Dale Tallon, the Florida Panthers president of hockey operations, returned from a scouting trip with a cold.
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Just 12 games into the season, the struggling Florida Panthers have lost four of their top nine forwards to various injuries.Their latest casualty came late in the first period of Saturday's 4-2 road loss to the juggernaut Washington Capitals when...

Never mind that the fresh face and diminutive stature seem better cast for the Junior Panthers.
Denis Malgin has been defying his youthful appearance in adult hockey since he was 16 in his native Switzerland.
Now 19, the Florida Panthers' wunderkind...

The Panthers heard about it for two days, the embarrassing 0-for-7 on the power play in Tuesday's loss to Boston sitting sour in their stomachs like a bad meal in a greasy spoon.
Indigestion yielded to the sweet taste of success as goals on their first...